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Cottonia, a popular decentralized AI platform, has partnered with XDGAI, a renowned decentralized entity for Web4 infrastructure. The partnership attempts to utilize federated learning and preserve data privacy while also enabling a joint model training project across distributed ecosystems. 💥New Partnership💥@CottoniaAI 🤝 @xdgainet🤖#XDGAI is a next-gen decentralized AI platform combining blockchain, federated learning & cross-modal AI for Web4. ✨Together, we’re accelerating decentralized intelligence—empowering open, privacy-first AI for all. #Web4 #AI pic.twitter.com/0wd8xhaoZq — Cottonia (@CottoniaAI) May 5, 2026 As per Cottonia’s official social media announcement, its engagement offers an exclusive layer of openness and accessibility, guaranteeing the availability of decentralized AI…

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the speaker of Iran’s parliament, posted a striking piece of market commentary on X before the latest futures swing. Adding fuel to the online propaganda proxy war being fought on social media, the comments lean into accusations of insider trading on Polymarket war bets. “Pre-market so-called ‘news’ or ‘Truth’ is often just a setup for profit-taking,” he wrote. “If they pump it, short it. If they dump it, go long.” The market then traded almost exactly as described. The Kobeissi Letter tracked the move in time order, with S&P 500 futures opening sharply lower on Sunday evening,…

Sharplink, the second-largest Ethereum [$ETH] Digital Asset Treasury (DAT), has now earned 18,800 $ETH in total rewards to date. This, after the company’s most recent addition of 491 $ETH to its staking rewards this week. This reinforces Sharplink’s “100% $ETH and 100% staked” model, which was launched back in June 2025, emphasizing yield-based compounding of value for shareholders over active trading. Source: Sharplink Sharplink vs. BitMine Instead of merely holding Ethereum, Sharplink is transforming its holdings into a yield-generating engine, gradually adding more Ethereum to its balance over time. Additionally, Sharplink has also gained a total of 868,699 $ETH –…

OKX is preparing to offer perpetual futures tied to private companies, including OpenAI, SpaceX, and Anthropic, intensifying a growing race among crypto firms to bring pre-IPO speculation markets on-chain, the company said Wednesday in a blog post. The contracts will provide synthetic price exposure to private companies ahead of their anticipated public listings, without granting actual equity ownership or shareholder rights. Bitget entered the sector in April with “IPO Prime,” listing a Solana-based SpaceX-linked token issued through investment platform Republic. Last year, Injective rolled out pre-IPO perpetual futures tied to firms including OpenAI, Anthropic, SpaceX, and Perplexity, describing the products…

Sumsub, a verification provider for the crypto industry, and Chainlink, a decentralized oracle network, announced a new partnership focused on on-chain compliance. The companies are working together to bring identity verification across multiple blockchains without exposing personal data. The integration uses Chainlink’s Automated Compliance Engine. The Cross-Chain Identity system allows users to verify themselves once and reuse that status across different networks. This approach is designed to solve a common issue in crypto, where users often repeat KYC checks on every platform. A user completes verification through Sumsub and confirms wallet ownership. After that, Chainlink issues a credential with basic…

Ethereum price has pared off some gains after facing resistance at $2,400 this week. A confirmed bullish pattern on the chart, however, positions it for strong upside in the coming sessions. According to data from crypto.news, Ethereum (ETH) price rose nearly 7% to a weekly high of $2,411 on Wednesday before stabilizing over $2,300 at press time. Ether, along with the broader crypto market, has entered a period of cautious calm as Iran is reportedly pondering a U.S. proposal to end the war and open up the Strait of Hormuz, bringing balance once again to global energy supply chains and…

Digital asset investment products recorded $117.8 million in inflows last week, marking a fifth consecutive week of gains after a late-week rebound reversed earlier outflows. Crypto exchange-traded products (ETPs) shed $619 million across Monday through Thursday before a single-session inflow of $737 million on Friday flipped the week to positive, according to a report from CoinShares published Tuesday. Total assets under management held steady at $155 billion. The Friday figure ranks among the largest single-day inflows of 2026, CoinShares head of research James Butterfill wrote, adding that it reflects “a sharp improvement in risk appetite.” Weekly crypto product flows. Source:…

Key takeaways Monad’s blockchain launch was successful, with fast transaction processing and positive user feedback. Strategic decisions, such as avoiding a pre-deposit campaign, set Monad apart from other blockchains. Monad was the first project to conduct a token sale on Coinbase’s new platform, enhancing its visibility. Exchanges play a crucial role as facilitators in the crypto ecosystem, integrating with networks to enable trading. Decentralization is vital for the growth and adoption of blockchain technologies. The Coinbase token sale attracted over 85,000 participants, showcasing strong interest in Monad’s token. Gating tokens on specific chains is seen as an outdated strategy that…

The National Bank of Rwanda (NBR) has warned the public that crypto payments and trades using the local currency remain illegal in the country after Bybit added support for the Rwandan franc for its peer-to-peer platform on Friday. “Crypto-assets are NOT authorized for payments, FRW conversion, or P2P trading involving FRW under the current framework,” the central bank posted to X on Sunday, urging citizens to avoid crypto due to “serious financial risks and no recourse in case of loss.” The central bank’s comments were in response to an X post from Bybit on Friday, stating that the Rwandan franc…

OKX Card users in Europe spent mostly on groceries, restaurants and other routine purchases in the product’s first month, according to transaction data shared Wednesday. In the first month of use across the European Economic Area (EEA), grocery stores and supermarkets accounted for 26% of all OKX Card transactions, while restaurants and fast food together made up 18%, ahead of travel and online marketplaces, according to the data. The analysis covers settled purchase transactions made with the OKX Card in the EEA between Jan. 28 and Feb. 26, across the top 20 merchant types by transaction count, volume or unique…